The original blues
Subtitle: the emergence of the blues in African American vaudeville
By: Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff
Contributors: Seroff, Doug, author
Series: American made music series; American made music series
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9781496810021
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Blues (Music); Vaudeville; History and criticism; African American musicians; Blues musicians
Other titles: Emergence of the blues in African American vaudeville, 1899-1926
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-387) and indexes (general index; song index; theater index).
Table of contents: title: Saloon-theaters and park pavilions : the birth of southern vaudeville, 1899-1909; title: The death of J. Ed Green and the birth of State Street vaudeville; title: The life, death, and untold legacy of Bluesman Butler "String Beans" May; title: Male blues singers in southern vaudeville; title: The rise of the blues queen : female blues pioneers in southern vaudeville; title: Theater circuits, theater wars, and the formation of the T.O.B.A.; title: "Yours for business" : the commercialization of the blues, 1920-26.